“ Covid-19 contaminations have been increasing in recent weeks, point La Croix, while it seemed to be forgotten for a majority of the population. This epidemic rebound once again attests to the persistence of the virus in our daily lives. A new vaccination campaign begins this Monday, October 2, 2023. »
SO ” can we still hope to see Covid-19 disappear? ”No”categorically responds Philippe Amouyel, professor of public health at Lille University Hospital, interviewed by the newspaper. ”It’s as if we were asking ourselves the question of whether we will one day live without gastro or flu, it would be difficult to imagine”. ”In the history of viruses, only one has been eradicated : that of smallpox, agrees the virologist at the University of Montpellier, Yannick Simonin. Due to a major global vaccination campaign, and especially because it was a virus which had no animal reservoir. We can’t eliminate the coronavirus, so we’ll have to live with ithe also affirms. But we must be reassured : we already do it very well with other respiratory viruses”. »
In fact, fall The Latest News from Alsace“ although the virus hardly kills anymore, it still circulates, and it remains much more unpredictable than that of the flu and can still cause significant damage to the weakest among us. Not to mention its possible mutations and the many unknowns that science must still resolve to understand this virus as perfectly as those of the flu or chickenpox. In a word, concludes the Alsatian daily, although it is tempting to erase Covid from our lives, it is better to make the effort to learn to live with it. »
And the bedbugs ?
Should we also learn to live with… bedbugs? “ The whole weekend, relieving Libération, the international press, from the Guardian to the Spiegel via La Repubblica and El Periodico, spoke about France being ”infestata da questi parasiti”, the parasites in question being called ”bettwanzen” in German, and in English ”bedbugs” in Spanish ”chinches”. What is happening with bedbugs? If the phenomenon has been resurgent since at least the 1950s, it is now making headlines, including Libé. Unwelcome guests of our nights, parasites of our days, ‘bugs ! What psychosis !”, headlined Le Parisien on Friday. »
I have to say that ” these insects, real vampires the size of an apple seed, nestled in our mattresses and thirsty for blood, are expanding », point Release. In France, one in ten households would be affected. The phenomenon is not new. But ” the magnifying effect of social networks will have made it possible to put the subject on the table “.
Less than a year before the Olympic Games, bedbugs are invading Paris. This is messy. And Release to launch this appeal to the public authorities: “ From insurance coverage to aid for the poorest households, including the disinfection of public places : let’s get started ? Because now, we’ve been itching for a while. »
Wauquiez “ready” for 2027
Finally, Laurent Wauquiez is in the starting blocks for the presidential race. The president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region said on Sunday October 1 “ be ready », promising a collective victory for the right in 2027.
This advert “ was necessary “, estimated Le Figaro, “ Laurent Wauquiez removes doubt “. And now, “ Éric Ciotti, elected president of the Republicans on the promise of putting Laurent Wauquiez’s presidential candidacy into orbit, will be able to more officially structure the LR machine, as it is confirmed that a party without an assumed presidential candidate has difficulty existing. »
The fact remains that Laurent Wauquiez “ is like most of his right-wing competitorstempers Charente Libre, torn between its natural temptation to eye the RN electorate and the essential recovery of those who rallied to Emmanuel Macron. The debate on immigration will certainly allow him to assert the right-wing line from which he has never deviated, but it will not be enough to make him a credible candidate. If the right has a new contender for the Élysée, it remains without a program or coherence, still believes the Charentais daily. The next European elections will tell what voters he has left. »